Education
- Visiting Scientist, Department of Inner Medicine , State University of New York (SUNY) Downstate (2022)
- Visiting Scientist, Department of Inner Medicine , University Hospitals and Clinics, University of Heidelberg (2013)
- Post-Doctoral Fellow, Internal Medicine: Division of Pulmonary Medicine , University of Utah School of Medicine (2007)
- PhD, Developmental and Molecular Biology: Pulmonary , University of Cincinnati: Cincinnati Children's Research Hospital (2004)
- MS, Zoology:Teratology , Brigham Young University (2001)
- BS, Zoology:Human Biology , Brigham Young University (1999)
Honors and Awards
- Ferrin L. Orton Teaching and Learning Faculty Fellowship , Brigham Young University (2017 - 2017)
- Outstanding Teaching Award, Brigham Young University, College of Life Sciences (2017 - 2017)
- APS-TPS Joint Meeting Award , International Physiology Committee and the Council of the American Physiological Society (2016 - 2016)
- American Physiological Society Research Career Enhancement Award, American Physiological Society (2015 - 2015)
- Department Distinguished Faculty Award, Department of Physiology and Developmental Biology (2015 - 2015)
- American Physiology Minority Fellowship Award Mentor, American Physiological Society (2014 - 2014)
- CyPlex Systems American Society of Reproductive Immunology Grant , American Society of Reproductive Immunology (2014 - 2014)
- The American Physiological Society Research Career Enhancement Award, The American Physiological Society (2014 - 2014)
- International Travel Presentation Award, International Union of Physiological Sciences Congress (2013 - 2013)
- Respiratory Section New Investigator Award, The American Physiological Society (2012 - 2012)
- National Institutes of Health LRP Award: NHLBI Extramural Clinical Researcher, NIH: National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (2008 - 2012)
- The American Physiological Society Research Career Enhancement Award, The American Physiological Society (2010 - 2010)
- Parker B. Francis Fellowship in Pulmonary Research, Parker B. Francis Foundation (2006 - 2009)
Memberships
- American Association for Dental Research (2015 - Present)
- The American Society for Integrative Pathology (2015 - Present)
- The American Physiological Society (2007 - Present)
- Society for Developmental Biologists (2005 - Present)
- The American Thoracic Society (2002 - Present)